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In A Three-Dimensional Jesus, Clifton Black offers a fresh, critically sympathetic reading of the New Testament's first three Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Intelligent and accessible, conversational and whimsical, this volume helps readers consider the questions that are basic to the Synoptic Gospels' interpretation. Black addresses their literary genre and origins; portrayals of the figure of Jesus and other central characters; the relationships...
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To Christians worldwide, the man Jesus of Nazareth is the centerpiece of history, the object of faith, hope, and worship. Even those who do not follow him admit the vast influence of his life. For anyone interested in knowing more about Jesus, study of the four biblical Gospels is essential.
An abridged edition of the bestselling textbook Four Portraits, One Jesus by Mark Strauss, this simple, easy-to-understand guide introduces the four biblical...
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This workbook accompanies Mark L. Strauss's Four Portraits, One Jesus. Following the textbook's structure, it offers readings from the Gospels, activities, and exercises designed to support the students' learning experience and enhance their comprehension of what can be known from the Gospels about the central defining subject of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth. Four Portraits, One Jesus is a thorough yet accessible introduction to the four biblical...
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Jesus Christ the Messiah came to earth and preached, and taught us a way of salvation so that we could be free from the wages of sin, which leads to death. Shortly after Jesus' return to the glory of the Father men invaded the church or the body of Christ and taught the believers a lot of false doctrines, creeds, concepts, and mere religions. No surprise Jesus the Apostles, and Prophets warned that this would have happened. In truth, the apostle Peter...
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A spiritual classic, this detailed and comprehensive study by one of the greatest expository preachers of our time explains Christ's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount and incisively applies it to the Christian life.
With characteristic vigor and emotional vitality Dr. Lloyd-Jones presents a brilliant and detailed exposition of one of the best known but most frequently misunderstood passages of Scripture. Here is a comprehensive and exhaustive...
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This multidimensional volume from the leading American scholar of Johannine studies brings together D. Moody Smith's germinal works from the past two decades along with some original articles published here for the first time. The resulting collection augments current understanding of the Gospel of John with fresh insights and research and points the way toward opportunities for new inquiry.
The collection is structured around four focal issues that...
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The issue of what real Christianity looks like presses on believers from multiple sides. If we are going to maintain this historic faith, what does that faith look like in a changing world, and what will it look like a decade from now, or a century? Is the religion that is spreading around the globe now, the same as what Jesus preached? However difficult the parables of Jesus are to understand, they are much more difficult to put into practice. Lessons...
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Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur'ān, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. This...
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In this book respected New Testament scholar Pheme Perkins delivers a clear, fresh, informed introduction to the earliest written accounts of Jesus-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-situating those canonical Gospels within the wider world of oral storytelling and literary production of the first and second centuries. Cutting through the media confusion over new Gospel finds, Perkins's Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels presents a balanced, responsible look...
50) I Will Open My Mouth in a Parable: A Study (Matthew's Parables on the Kingdom) of Biblical Parables
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This book introduces us to the Parables of Jesus and focuses upon the Parables that occur in the Gospel of Matthew. This brief book, which is the first in a series on the Parables of our Lord, examines the Kingdom Parables ("the kingdom of heaven is like ..."). There is an introduction to the genre of Parables followed by eight chapters which gives a brief study of the Matthean Parables.
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This might look like an ordinary commentary on Mark's Gospel, but it isn't one. It understands reality as Action, actions, change, diversity, movement, and the dynamic, rather than as Being, beings, the unchanging, the unitary, rest, and the static, and it reads Mark's Gospel in the light of that distinctive understanding of reality. It is all about action, change, and diversity, and it understands God, Jesus, and ourselves as action, change, and...
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"In this profound work, bestselling author and the former Episcopal Bishop of Newark John Shelby Spong offers a radical new way to look at the gospels today. Pulling back the layers of misunderstanding created over the centuries by Gentile ignorance of things Jewish, he reveals how a literal reading of the Bible is so far removed from the original intent of the Jewish authors of the gospels that it has become an act of heresy. Using the gospel of...
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Both sinner and saint, passionate and devoted, the figure of Mary Magdalene has fired imaginations throughout the ages. As arguably the closest of Jesus's followers, Mary Magdalene offered a unique perspective on the most enigmatic of men. Drawing on detailed research and informed speculation, this is a vivid and compelling account of Mary's life and the Jesus she knew, by the bestselling author of Trial.
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This booklet provides a teacher's guide for study of the book And How Shall You Know All Parables. This book provides for an understanding of the Parable of the Sower and also, a means for understanding the gospels/Acts based on the thematic context of that parable. This leads to a deeper understanding of the gospels/Acts and for a clearer insight into how these scriptures apply to everyday life.
The teacher's guide provides a twenty-session study...
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Pastor Jim Dykes new book, Jesus In The Gospels, will provide believers and non-believers with a fresh perspective on Jesus Christ – who He is and what He did. Readers will not soon forget the stirring description of the tears of Jesus over Jerusalem or the moment of transition that took place at John's baptism of Jesus. Every chapter is rich with intriguing observations that expand our understanding of the God-man Jesus.
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Is Jesus relevant to the sufferings of the helpless, the voiceless, those dying of hunger, those traumatized by violence, people with learning difficulties? In Matthew, we see Jesus to be a man on the frontline, battling against the forces that stop the non-poor from living generously, and the poorest of the poor living abundantly the way God intended. This is Jesus as one who in his very being is an expression of God's wrath against human beings...
58) Cruciform Christ
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The Gospel of Mark records the shocking and unexpected details of the inauguration of the kingdom of God. Through the mysterious figure of Jesus, the gospel story unfolds in new and exciting ways. The identity, teaching, and mission of Jesus are on full display as the reader is pulled into the story of his life. In Cruciform Christ: 52 Reflections on the Gospel of Mark, Travis Bookout challenges you to walk away from the Gospel of Mark a different...
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Christ in the Passover, Celebrate a Christian Passover Seder.
The Passover is the Old Testament feast that celebrates and remembers God's liberation of Israel from Egypt. It also foreshadows Christ's sacrifice on the cross. In just 14 pages, you will learn the history of this special day and the symbolism in the Passover that points to Jesus Christ. Christ in the Passover also includes, a Christian Passover Seder script that can be used by Christians...
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Las narraciones en forma de Parábolas se articulan con gran imaginación teológica, capacidad de comunicación y belleza literaria. Son relatos breves muy bien pensados que usan la cotidianidad para transmitir alguna enseñanza y afirmar valores éticos y principios morales. Y esas narraciones propician decisiones fundamentadas en la fe, que superan las expectativas religiosas de la época.
Por medio de esas Parábolas nos acerca al Reino de Jesús...
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